彖
tuàn

a hog

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Original meaning: fat pig

Variant of 豚. Pictograph of a pig (豕) with a line on its belly to indicate its fat belly.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component

Line indicating the pig's fat belly.

豕
豕 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthwanHl̥ˤo[r]-s running pig

說文解字

《說文》：“彖，豕走也。从彑从豕省。”

Sources

Character origin
陳劍《“隺”“彖”兩字合證補説》
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)